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Quiz 1 Psych
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What was the early school of psychology that used introspection. | Structuralism |
| What is structuralism | the early school of psychology that used introspection. |
| Who was William James | was the functionalist who authored a textbook for the emerging discipline of psychology |
| Compared with structuralism, how was early behaviorist different | early behaviorists were much less likely to focus on the study of thinking and mental processes. |
| What is a debate used to illustrate nature and nurture | debate can be illustrated by the discussion as to whether alcohol abuse is biologically determined or culturally influenced. |
| The evolutionary perspective is relevant to understanding what | understanding why the fear of darkness may have contributed to the survival of our own human ancestors. |
| What would be most helpful for understanding the role of retrieval practice on long-term memory of information | cognitive perspective |
| What do social psychologist investigate | investigate how an individual’s behaviors are influenced social interactions and perceptions. |
| Example of social psychology | The idea that a teacher’s negative perceptions of some students can affect the students’ test scores would illustrate the focus of this perspective of psychology |
| What is introspection | self-reflection |
| Why was introspection used by Edward Titchener | to study inner sensations, images, and feelings. |
| What do the Psychodynamic perspective focuses on | focuses on the extent to which personality is influenced by motives outside our own awareness |
| What do humanistic Psychologist focus on | focused attention of the importance of people’s potential for healthy growth |
| What is Hindsight Bias | the tendency to believe, after learning an outcome, that one would have foreseen it |
| after the horror of 9/11, many people said the CIA and FBI should obviously have foreseen the likelihood of this form of terrorism is An example of what type of bias | Hindsight Bias |
| What is overconfidence | The tendency to overestimate the accuracy of our beliefs and judgement |
| behavior of political officials who have no doubt that their own economic and military predictions will come true is an example of what | Overconfidence |
| Professor Carter observes and records the behavior of grocery shoppers as they select items to purchase is an example of what | Naturalistic Observation |
| What is a Naturalistic Observation | Observing and recording the actions of a large group in there everyday surroundings |
| What is a correlation used for | used for determining the exisitence of relationships |
| A negative correlation between people’s work-related stress and their marital happiness would indicate what | would indicate that higher levels of marital happiness are associated with lower levels of work-related stress |
| What is a dependent variable | is the outcome factor or variable that may change in response to manipulations of the independent variable |
| In an experimental study of the extent to which mental alertness is inhibited by sleep deprivation.. what is the dependent variable | the alertness would be the dependent variable |
| What is random sampling | sampling technique in which participants are assigned to experimental or control group by chance |
| if researchers contacted every twenty-fifth person who subscribed to a weekly news magazine requested they complete a survey of opinions regarding the magazine’s contents they would use what | random sampling |
| • To test the potential effect of hunger on taste sensitivity, groups of research participants are deprived of food for differing lengths of time before they engage in a taste-sensitivity test is | an example of an experiment |
| What is an experiment | type of research method in which investigators manipulate one or more variables while controlling for other variables |
| What happens in a well controlled experiment | researcher seek to minimize confounding variable so as to latter establish causal inferences |
| • In a study of factors that might affect memory, research participants were assigned to drink either an alcoholic or a non-alcoholic beverage prior to completing a memory test. Those who drank the nonalcoholic beverage were assigned to what group | control group |
| What is a testable prediction that give direction to research | a hypothesis |
| What is the definition of an operational definition | statement describing the exact procedure for measuring an anticipated experimental outcome |
| The measure of the etenct to which two factors vary together or are related is | Correlation |
| • Professor Helms conducts basic research on the progressive changes in infants’ perceptual skills during the first year of life. Professor Helms is most likely a | a developmental psychologist |
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